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touses are haunted by the figures of women and children, and 

 with many of which a murder of a child is associated. 



WANDERINGS ON THE BANKS OF THE 

 LOWER MOSELLE. 



By J. C. BRUMWELL, M.D., J. P. February 28th, 1888. 



Dr. BrumweU commenced by referring to the fact that the 

 MoseUe was but little known in this country compared with the 

 Ehine, and mentioned the reasons for the strange neglect of the 

 Moselle. The latter river was, he said, the Ehine condensed 

 into a small space, and the only way to enjoy it was to select a 

 portion of the river and travel leisurely along it. On his visit 

 last summer, he and his party left Brussels by the 12-30 train, 

 and arrived at the Upper MoseUe in the evening, staying a day 

 or two at Treves. There they found that they could not possibly 

 see the whole of the Moselle during one visit. The Germans div- 

 ided the river into the Upper and Lower Moselle, and the tourists 

 deciding to wander over the lower part took the train to the town of 

 BuUay, which was about half-way down the river. At the station 

 they left their luggage, in order to climb the Marienburg. When 

 its summit was reached a scene was to be viewed as curious as 

 it was beautiful. The hiU itself was a wedge-shaped tongue of 

 land about three miles long, gradually sloping towards the further 

 extremity, and running parallel with the river. There seemed, 

 however, from the Marienburg two rivers without any connection, 

 one on the left and the other on the right hand ; whUst what 

 was more singular still was that looking from the summit in the 

 direction of Treves there was to be seen another river which 

 appeared to have no connection with the other two. Having 

 given an explanation of this curious geographical phenomena. 

 Dr. BrumweU said that anyone standing on the Marienburg did 

 not feel inclined to spend much time in geographical research, 

 because he had before him a scene of beauty which it was almost 

 impossible to describe, it was the view from the Marienburg 

 which was so charming. The Moselle had changed its course, 

 it had left its narrow banks and gone into the open country, thus 

 giving a grandeur to the scene which could not be found any- 

 where else. Looking towards Treves the open space was bounded 

 on the right by the volcanic Eifel which frowned down upon 

 the river, on the left the more attractive hUls of the Hunsriie 

 mountains were seen receding into the distance. In the front 

 of the plain lay the little cities which gave such a charm to the 



